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Anthony Albanese: “Welcoming new citizens into the Australian family is one of the most meaningful ways to mark Australia Day. “Today I met Michael Odutola and his family. Michael came to Australia to contribute to cancer research, and his work is already helping improve lives across our community. “Families like the Odutolas are part of...

SpaceX Targets Starship Flight 12 for Early March, with Elon Musk revealing on X: “Starship launch in 6 weeks” The upcoming Flight 12 will feature Booster 19 and Ship 39, marking the first use of flight-proven Raptor 3 engines that pack 280 metric tons of thrust each—1.5 times stronger than early versions while weighing less....

Barack Obama: “The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”

Federal Agent kills Minneapolis Nurse Alex Pretti, during immigration raid on Saurday morning, in Minneapolis’s Eat Street neighborhood Footage captures agents pepper-spraying and tackling him after he aided a woman protester, with one removing his holstered handgun before shots rang out. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called for the agents removal in the state, while...

Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed getting in adventures...

As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assassin. Pretti, 37, was remembered as kind and warm-hearted by his family,...

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year. In a video released late Saturday by French broadcaster BFM-TV, Macron said...

Iraq ’s dominant political bloc announced Saturday that it had nominated former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for prime minister. The announcement came after caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, whose bloc won the largest share of seats in November’s parliamentary elections, stepped aside earlier this month. That cleared the field for al-Maliki...

Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota. Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed children and parents at the South Texas Family Residential Center clad in jackets and sweaters, some...